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I’ve\u00a0wanted to try machine sewing something for a while, and when I saw that this month’s Sew Crazy Challenge<\/a>\u00a0was “Big Dreams” themed, I was inspired to make a teddy bear & a bag – after all, if you wanted a great night’s sleep, what’s better than a cuddly bear & a bag to hold your favourite book?<\/p>\n

I had\u00a0some funky material from The Makery<\/a>\u00a0that was sitting around looking for inspiration for a while now, so decided to take the plunge and try making a bag out of that, and some starry fabric for the lining and handles. I followed the excellent tutorial from Diary of a Quilter<\/a>\u00a0and actually, I’m quite pleased with how this came out \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

\"bag-and-bear\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Some of the stitches on the bag aren’t perfect by any means, and I know my straight lines need practise to get them parallel to the edges, but\u00a0I’m determined to not be such a perfectionist with things, so it’s definitely good enough for me \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n

And the best thing? I only used half a fat quarter for the outside, and only slightly more for the lining, so I have enough left over to make a second one!<\/p>\n

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The bear was also my first machine sewn\u00a0plushie –\u00a0I need to practise the joints a bit more, but\u00a0it looks like a bear, and that’s the main thing.\u00a0I used the\u00a0Pip Pattern<\/a>\u00a0for him (but made it larger than the hand-sewn version), although I did knit the nose, as I fail at trying to sew them!<\/p>\n

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